Tag Archives: Christmas

Time: 1960s Place: Indianapolis, Indiana Jolly white-bearded man in a red velvet suit and black boots holds two wide-eyed children on his lap as they lean and whisper their Christmas lists to his ear. A photograph is snapped of the … Continue reading →

An activity that I enjoy after Christmas Day is shopping for bargains. On the top of my list of shopping stops is all of the book stores. It is a good time to add to my Christmas book collection. Just like wrapping paper, … Continue reading →

In a nightmare landscape of No Man’s Land outlined by narrow trenches a miracle took place on Christmas Eve 1914. So is the setting of one of my favorite Christmas stories, Christmas in the Trenches by John McCutcheon. McCutcheon came … Continue reading →